Building JR.

JarOfFlies

My dad and i are building a '59 Double Cut Les Paul Jr. We have a template set but cannot decide on our pickup configurations. We're set on doing a TV Yellow laquer. We either want to do a dogear h-100 in the bridge and a dogear p-90 in the neck with a pu selector and ONLY 2 knobs (both Volume)----or we will do one p-90 in the bridge, volume, tone, and nothing else.----or two dogear p-90's and a pu selector and ONLY 2 volumes. We really cant decide. Anyone have any suggestions?

minifox13

keep it simple n classy

one dogear in the bridge

ive always loved that tone

Fran

Yeah, all the lifelong Junior fans swear by the one dogear with wrapover bridge model. I have the newish Junior Lite model with double cutaways, 2 x P-100 and TOM.

Go the Johnny Thunders way...

😎

nij

Johnny Thunders FTW

Fran

nij said: Johnny Thunders FTW

+1.

I love the stuff he did with 'the Heartbreakers', "chinese rocks", "born to lose", "pirate love" and "all by myself" to name a few..

SawaotheBuster

I would go p-100 and90 but that would basically be a special...wouldn't it be

robertoriginal

p-90 in the bridge, but im not a fan of dogears

JarOfFlies

Thanks ill probably go the the thunders way. Simplicity is what makes things so great. Thanks for all of your input.--By the way i tried the billy joe junior and it played like ****! has anyone else played one?

Fran

Jar Of Flies said: Thanks ill probably go the the thunders way. Simplicity is what makes things so great. Thanks for all of your input.--By the way i tried the billy joe junior and it played like ****! has anyone else played one?

Is that a Gibson signature model? 🙄 God, the guy has only been using them 5 minutes. That disturbes me, what about Thunders, Mick Jones and Marco Pirroni?... BJ shoulda stuck with Fernandes imo.

JarOfFlies

Yeah i know its rediculous, they should do a Mick Jones model--he was using a junior when BJA was in his 4th year of 7th grade. Not to say that i hate him or anything but he didnt start using a junior till American Idiot (the most corporate punk cd ever.)

robertoriginal

billy joe only got that cuz gibson offered him an endorsement deal like they did with kurt.

think about it, billy played a strat for about 4 albums and then in 1 and a half albums he just started playing gibbys

he probly got around 50K for the deal

hes just a whore

dinosaur

minifox13 said: keep it simple n classy
one dogear in the bridge
ive always loved that tone

Yes. Take pictures as well!

JarOfFlies

i will, im sure it will turn out great (due to the fact that my dad is amazing working with wood and works for a company that owns every tool known to man, and i have a template set.) It is our first guitar to make and might take a while, and he lives pretty far away so i wont be with him for another month to continue making it. I'd be glad to take pictures and post em. The mahogany we put together and sanding is gorgeous. Ill try to post the picture asap.

Bob_the_godly_dude

I say go for the two P90's for extra versitility, why go for just one? Although, for the look, I'd say, dogear the bridge but not the neck.

SawaotheBuster

oh sh@t... I thought it was p100 in bridge....DAMN IT....ignore that one vote for h100...or don't...I have no idea if p100 is the one I thinkin of.